Rajeev khandelwal in Rajshri's Next-Samrat & Co. pg5

Rajeev Khandelwal to play detective in suspense adventure

In his next, 'Samrat & Co.', Rajeev Khandelwal will play a detective.

The suspense adventure, produced by Kavita Barjatya and directed by Kaushik Ghatak, will go on floors in September.

Rajeev is excited about the film's genre. Says he, "I have surrendered myself to the director because I want to follow his vision. I am not thinking too much about my character as a lot of homework has already been done by the creative team."

The actor, who is looking forward to a 15-day workshop to prepare for the role, adds, "I don't have any favourites among detectives. I don't remember reading any books while growing up. I just remember some jasoos stories like Karamchand. Recently, I watched a few Hollywood detective films."

Ghatak, who has been working on the script for four years, says that he grew up fantasising about the world of Sherlock Holmes. "But this film is not a desi version of Holmes, nor is it a James Bond kind of spy thriller. It is about a private investigator, whose intelligence is his biggest weapon. His style, behaviour, presence of mind and eccentricities will make him a loveable character," explains the director.

About choosing Rajeev, Kavita says, "Rajeev has a certain rawness about him. When we met him, we knew we had found our Samrat. We are selecting every actor with a lot of deliberation."

Samrat & Co., under the banner of Rajshri Productions, will have a tentative release early to mid 2014.

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He should do something different now. He is doing same kind of roles(except Sound) He is a good actor and need to show his versatility.

Thats good. I hope he does films with big PHs to get noticed and improves his PR.